How To Install gr-soapy on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gr-soapy on Debian 11.
What is gr-soapy
gr-soapy is:
gr-soapy is a GNURadio wrapper for the SoapySDR library, i.e. it makes the devices supported by SoapySDR available as source/sink blocks in GNURadio.
There are three methods to install gr-soapy on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gr-soapy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gr-soapy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gr-soapy
Install gr-soapy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gr-soapy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gr-soapy
Install gr-soapy Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gr-soapy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gr-soapy
How To Uninstall gr-soapy on Debian 11
To uninstall only the gr-soapy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gr-soapy
Uninstall gr-soapy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gr-soapy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gr-soapy
Remove gr-soapy Configurations and Data
To remove gr-soapy configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gr-soapy
Remove gr-soapy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gr-soapy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gr-soapy
Dependencies
gr-soapy have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gr-soapy package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
